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Lil’ Inker Designs April Release: Day 1 (+GIVEAWAY!)

23 Apr

Good morning and welcome to the April release for Lil’ Inker Designs!  We’re introducing a bunch of fabulous stamps and dies and they’re all available right now!  I love that Laura doesn’t make you wait to shop the new release so I totally understand if you want to go shop now, but make sure you come back and comment for a chance to win the entire April release!  That’s correct…one lucky commenter will win everything!  There’s more details on how to win at the end of my post!  Today I’m sharing a few projects using my favorite item of the new release! 😉 But first here’s a quick look at the entire release!

Best Mom Stamps – Lil’ Inker Designs
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Best Mom Die Set – Lil’ Inker Designs
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Brushed Plaid Stamps – Lil’ Inker…
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Cover Up Die: Dotted Chevrons – Lil’…
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Grad Class Stamps – Lil’ Inker Designs
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Grad Class 2018 (Supplement) – Lil’…
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Hand Drawn Happiness Stamps – Lil’…
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Have a Nice Day Stamps – Lil’ Inker…
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Hello Word Die Set – Lil’ Inker Designs
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One Love Stamps – Lil’ Inker Designs
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One Love Die Set – Lil’ Inker Designs
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Shaker Tag Die Set – Lil’ Inker Designs
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Spring Wreath Die Set – Lil’ Inker…
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I fell head over heels for the gorgeous Best Mom stamp set and dies!  That big flower is so pretty!!

I couldn’t stop stamping petals to make my flowers!  I started by stamping a bunch of them in shades of pink and coral with grey and khaki foliage.  I stamped the flower centers in yellow and black and then die-cut everything!

For my first card I stamped the plaid background from Brushed Plaid with a light warm grey ink and then layered my flowers and foliage over it.

I stamped the sentiment from Best Mom on black cardstock and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder.  I trimmed that down to a fishtail banner and adhered it to the card with foam mounting tape.

My second card uses a similar layout with a few color changes!

For this card I stamped the background with khaki ink and used the yellow centers of the flowers.  I stamped the sentiment from Hand Drawn Happiness onto vellum with versamark and heat-embossed it with black embossing powder.  Then I die-cut the vellum with the fringe scalloped tag die and adhered it to the card with vellum adhesive!

For my last card I broke out my felt stash and played with the Spring Wreath die set!

I’ve never used felt before but now I understand why people find it so addicting to make felt flowers!  I die-cut the flowers using shades of coral and pink and then added grey sequin centers with a little black thread.  I also cut the leaves from two shades of grey felt.

I die-cut the Hello word die from grey felt and black cardstock and adhered them together.  Then I die-cut the Dotted Chevrons cover up die using white cardstock and layered it on a white card base.  I adhered the felt flowers and sentiment using a hot glue gun and then added a few dark grey sequins for a little extra shine!

And that’s it for day 1!  I’ll be back tomorrow with another project to share! 🙂

You should have arrived from Jennifer and Karen is your next stop.  If you get lost you can find the full hop list below!  Leave a comment on each stop along the hop and one lucky commenter will win the entire April release!  Good luck and happy hopping!!

  • Lil’ Inker Designs Blog
  • Amy Kolling
  • Caly Person
  • Chrissy Larson
  • Heather Hoffman
  • Jen Carter
  • Jessica Frost-Ballas —> You are here!
  • Karen Baker
  • Kimberly Rendino
  • Lisa Henke
  • Lil’ Inker Designs Shop

Thanks so much for visiting and have a fabulous day!

Interested in the products I used?  To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!!

Best Mom Stamps – Lil’ Inker Designs
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Best Mom Die Set – Lil’ Inker Designs
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Brushed Plaid Stamps – Lil’ Inker…
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Hello Word Die Set – Lil’ Inker Designs
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Cover Up Die: Dotted Chevrons – Lil’…
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Hand Drawn Happiness Stamps – Lil’…
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Spring Wreath Die Set – Lil’ Inker…
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Paper Crafts Tag Die Cut Set
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Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH…
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Hero Arts CLASSIC VELLUM LAYERING…
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Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100#…
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Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink HOT…
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Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad FRESH PEACH…
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Simon Says Stamp Premium Ink Pad…
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Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad SOFT GRANITE…
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Hero Arts Shadow Ink Pad CHARCOAL…
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Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad…
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Simon Says Stamp Premium Ink Pad…
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Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad…
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Inkadinkado EMBOSSING MAGIC Powder…
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Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD…
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Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER…
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Hero Arts DETAIL BLACK Embossing…
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Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun…
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Pretty Pink Posh 6MM CHARCOAL Cupped…
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Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS…
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3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE…
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Surebonder GLUE GUN High Temperature…
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Comments

  1. beltonmom says

    April 23, 2018 at 2:57 pm

    Absolutely love these cards! Great color selections

    Reply
  2. Stacey Kowbel says

    April 23, 2018 at 4:41 pm

    Beautiful cards! I love the different backgrounds and the vellum sentiment is fabulous!

    Reply
  3. Karen Hale says

    April 23, 2018 at 5:47 pm

    Three stunning cards highlighting this fabulous release. Thanks for the inspiration!

    Reply
  4. Mary Holshouser says

    April 23, 2018 at 5:55 pm

    the big flowers are gorgeous. Love the technique for making them – going
    to be fun to do. The colors and layering of the small flowers on the
    other card is wonderful. The die cut background is fantastic.
    thanks for sharing. txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

    Reply
  5. Tracy says

    April 23, 2018 at 7:11 pm

    What a fun & versatile release! Makes me want to buy everything!
    Beautiful card! The felt word is such a pretty touch.

    Reply
  6. Julie Wexler says

    April 23, 2018 at 7:35 pm

    Great way to showcase the new release, Jess! I love the colors you chose for the big flower on the first 2 cards… so much flexibility coming across in the hop! My favorite has to be the felt in the third- what a great way to add texture while keeping it all so clean and elegant. Beautiful work!

    Reply
  7. Tracy says

    April 23, 2018 at 8:54 pm

    I just love everything you make! Your eye for color & design is always spot on. And this is such a great release!

    Reply
  8. Jessica Pascarella says

    April 23, 2018 at 10:10 pm

    Beautiful cards! Love the flowers in this release and the colors you used are spot on! Thanks for sharing with us!

    Reply
  9. karrenj says

    April 23, 2018 at 10:12 pm

    Those flowers are indeed gorgeous – especially in those wonderful colors

    Reply
  10. Pam D. says

    April 23, 2018 at 11:02 pm

    Beautiful cards! In love with the brushed plaid stamp! Never done felt before either but will have to now that I saw those adorable little flowers!

    Reply
  11. Carla Hundley says

    April 23, 2018 at 11:37 pm

    Fabulous cards and
    I love the felt card!
    The flowers and title
    came out so neat in
    felt.
    Carla from Utah

    Reply
  12. Denise Bryant says

    April 23, 2018 at 11:54 pm

    Beautiful cards! Love these gorgeous, big flowers!

    Reply
  13. Larissa Heskett says

    April 24, 2018 at 12:07 am

    SQUEAL!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE these!! Such an AWESOME New Release!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! <3

    Reply
  14. Jean Marmo says

    April 24, 2018 at 12:16 am

    Such lovely cards.

    Reply
  15. Cherie says

    April 24, 2018 at 2:57 am

    The felt flowers are stunning and the colour scheme is beautiful.

    Reply
  16. Terry York says

    April 24, 2018 at 4:07 am

    Love the products & hiw you used them to such great advantage!

    Reply
  17. Terry York says

    April 24, 2018 at 4:36 am

    I naturally love all your cards that you’ve shared for a long time, so it didn’t suprise me to love these creations!

    Reply
  18. Tracy Hawkins says

    April 24, 2018 at 7:32 am

    Jessica I love these colour combinations! Gorgeous cards ! Great blooms and the brushed plaid background is wonderful!x

    Reply
  19. Sandy S. says

    April 24, 2018 at 7:33 am

    Sequins and felt….why have I never done that?

    Reply
  20. Cynthia Cole says

    April 24, 2018 at 9:50 am

    Love all of these cards and those colors just pop!

    Reply
  21. raggiodiluce82 says

    April 24, 2018 at 10:21 am

    Wow! Your cards are really gorgeous!!!

    Reply
  22. Terrie D. says

    April 24, 2018 at 1:26 pm

    What pretty cards! I love the flowers 🙂

    Reply
  23. Laura Pryor says

    April 24, 2018 at 3:26 pm

    Phenomenal work here, Jess!!! I enjoyed how you paired the goodies together on these projects and love your use of pinks!!!

    Reply
  24. Amante del Papel says

    April 24, 2018 at 3:30 pm

    super stunning cards!!!!

    Reply
  25. F. Andre says

    April 24, 2018 at 4:12 pm

    Theses bold sentiments and florals are so gorgeous!

    Reply
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